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Post by RoyJ99 July 20th 2013, 5:46 pm

Found this cup and tennis plate at a car boot, nice hand painted floral design marked MF on the base.
 
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Post by RoyJ99 July 20th 2013, 5:48 pm

MF mark on cup? Help needed please Of5x

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Post by Potty July 20th 2013, 6:50 pm

Looks to me like MF is the artist who painted them, but they probably bought gilded blanks rather than made the cup / saucer themselves.

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Post by skay July 20th 2013, 7:42 pm

Why tennis plate please Roy? I haven't heard that before.

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Post by NaomiM July 20th 2013, 7:50 pm

I agree with potty about it being a blank that someone has decorated themselves. Sometimes decorators at the factory were allowed to decorate a set for their own wedding, anniversary or retirement.
Looks like fine bone china from the 30s (or possibly 50s; designs didn't change much until the 60s). Difficult to know which factory it came from without a mark, but probably one of the Staffordshire ones.

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Post by RoyJ99 July 20th 2013, 7:52 pm

Yeah I agree Naomi, looks 30's/50's to me. Rather sad that it ended up at a car boot sale if this was for someone's special occasion.
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Post by NaomiM July 20th 2013, 7:56 pm

Well people die and their relatives don't appreciate their stuff so it gets sold at carboots or dumped at charity shops. Such is life, and great for us collectors Happy 
A bit sobering to think that that's probably where our favourite bits and bobs will end up too when we're gone.

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